To Selena, with Love by Chris Perez
A real life love story with Selena beginning from the bottom and steadily climbing the ladder of success. I loved this story that had real impact on me and two of our adopted Mexican half sisters, Lupita and Grisel. Those two young children were born into poverty. We rescued Lupita when she was eight years old from the orphanage. They both had artistic roots and positively loved music with a beat. Selena and her group captivated our girls. My wife and I encouraged them.
Tejano music had became an integral part of American/Mexican culture. We loved it, and Selena had something very special to offer.
l recommend that you listen to Selena on YouTube and judge for yourself...she has a magical infectious attraction all of her own...we miss her.
Excerpts:
We were in the right place at the right time. Latin music seemed to be everywhere that year, playing on radios all across the U.S. and not just in our corner of the southwest. Billboard magazine had even started “Hot Latin Songs,” which tracked Latin music in the American music market. This chart was based on airplay on Spanish-language radio stations, but the songs didn’t have to be in Spanish. Selena’s idol, Rocio Durcal, put out the first song to reach number one on that chart, “La Guirnalda.” Since then, the chart had featured hits by Chayanne, Luis Miguel, Marco Antonio Solis, Ana Gabriel, Gloria Estefan, and Selena herself, whose duet with Alvaro Torres, “Buenos Amigos,” hit number one the year we were married. Within this mix.
Selena put her soul into singing. We were poised and ready to cross over into the international music scene like Gloria Estefan.
“Music isn’t a very stable business,” she said. “It comes and goes, and so does money. But your education stays with you.” “If you have a dream,” Selena added, “don’t ever let anybody take that away from you. The impossible is always possible.”
“The real way to think about marriage is that you have to each give one hundred percent.”
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